Chapter 51: The Lost Pearl
"Yes. I think I was also a student of the Yuequan Sect at the beginning......" The girl lowered her eyes and looked a little nostalgic: "It's a pity that something happened in the family, and I didn't finish my studies for a year and came back." ”
Song Yi was stunned for a moment, could it be that he was talking about......
"I seem to have heard about you, a few years ago, when Senior Brother Mo Qingning was the master of the Fengyi Court, there was a little girl's mother who was seriously ill, and she hurried back to see her for the last time, and Senior Brother made an exception for her?"
"Yes, yes, it's me. She nodded again and again: "Little brother is really from the Yuequan Sect, Senior Brother Mo is my benefactor, if he didn't let me go when he enforced the rules, I wouldn't even be able to see my mother for the last time." I've always wanted to thank him in person, but I haven't had a chance to go up the mountain again, and he won't come to us, it's really ......."
"He's fine, don't worry. Song Yi smiled and asked, "I remember that the Yuequan Sect did not stipulate that disciples who went out halfway were not allowed to enter again, if you are interested now, you can also retake that year." ”
"This ...... I'm afraid it won't work. She smiled bitterly: "Now my father's health is not very good, and I am the only daughter at home, if I leave, the restaurant will have to close." Although this business is not large, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and I have to keep it. Practice...... Hey, anyway, I've been serving this restaurant all my life, and it doesn't matter if I don't repair it. ”
As soon as he said this, a guest at the table in the center of the hall smiled and laughed in this direction: "Cheng Ningning, how can you talk to the handsome boy, don't you think about it because you see that people are born well?"
"You ......" Cheng Ningning's face turned red for a moment, turned around, pointed at the big man and said: "Second Wu, I respect you as an elder, call you uncle, why are you talking nonsense without concealment! I will inquire about the son of the Yuequan Sect!"
"Hey, you girl, you can't afford to joke, who do you want to ask...... Could it be that you still have a little lover on that mountain?"
"Phew! I ...... I'm going to the kitchen and press your dishes to the end! You just ordered vinegared fish and crispy chicken, they all have to be steamed first and then slipped, and the water grinds hard, don't look at me talking to every table of guests, and half of my heart is still in the kitchen, the dishes on each table are a little hot, you should turn over, simmer, change the pot, I know it all here!"
She erected a finger, flicked it lightly on her temple, her face was proud, and while walking slowly towards Wu Lao Er, her fingers were flying, and she ordered a table of dishes, what materials were needed for each table, and what points had been achieved at this moment. She spoke clearly, and spoke quickly and crisply, as if she had poured out a tube of stir-fried beans, so hearty, that she could not help but suspect that there was a hidden one of her in the kitchen, and told her about the situation in a way that no one else could see, so that she could devote herself to two things, and at the same time wander around the back kitchen and the hall, and a little girl managed the whole meal business in an orderly manner.
"Ouch, Ning Ning, you are the most calculating by nature...... It's a shame not to go to the good school!"
The guests at the west table laughed, and the others clapped their hands in admiration. Obviously, it was not the first time that they had appreciated Cheng Ningning's ability to control all eight faces, but Song Yi had seen it for the first time, and he was very surprised, and he pondered in his heart, and he already understood a little.
She doesn't really know what is going on in the kitchen, but she has a keen nature, a strong memory, and a very precise grasp of time. When she came out of the kitchen, she had already arranged all kinds of dishes, and when she arrived in the hall, every step she took, every word she said, instinctively counted the time, and corresponded to the movement in the kitchen, and would not care about one end like ordinary people, and lose the other.
This talent...... If you train well, you should be able to achieve some results.
After saying the call, Cheng Ningning slipped into the kitchen, came out again after a while, walked to Song Yi's table, and whispered: "I changed the fire for you, the porridge will be fine in a while, and your face is better now." ”
"Thank you. Song Yi smiled and asked her: "Miss Cheng, I think your multi-minded and keen kung fu is very interesting, it's a pity to give up your practice." ”
"Yes? What's the use of that? I just know how to practice in a restaurant...... Hey, if you want to be as powerful as that Senior Brother Mo, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it for the rest of your life. Little brother, are you familiar with Senior Brother Mo?"
"It's okay, I've been in contact a few times. Speaking of Mo Qingning, Song Yi really didn't know if he was his "acquaintance".
Cheng Ningning thought for a while and asked in a low voice, "...... What do you think of him?"
"He's good. Song Yi didn't know what she meant by asking, and she didn't plan to make any extraneous branches, so she only chose the popular impression that Mo Qingning left in the Yuequan Sect to say: "Senior Brother Qingning is the chief disciple of our Yuequan Sect, handsome and detached, gentle and noble, thoughtful, and very good at treating people, and he likes him very much from top to bottom." ”
"Really...... Do you think so too?" Cheng Ningning frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "I know what you said is right, and I also know that he is a good person, otherwise he would not have made an exception to let me go down the mountain, but later I heard that my family was in difficulty, and I asked someone to refund part of the tuition fee, but it was just ......"
"What's wrong?" Song Yi felt that there was something in her words, but he hesitated and didn't know what to say.
Cheng Ningning thought for a moment, sat down opposite Song Yi, and asked quietly, "Little brother, how many years have you been in the Yuequan Sect?"
"A little over five years. ”
"Then you must know that Senior Brother Mo has a good reputation, so ...... Do you feel ...... him?"
Mm? Song Yi was a little puzzled, could it be that Mo Qingning had some trick for her to catch?
"How do you feel, be bold and say, I won't tell him. Song Yi smiled and pointed to the bag beside him: "I have homework and have to go out for ten days, and when I return to the mountain in ten days, most of what you said to me has been forgotten." ”
"You ......" knew that he was reassuring himself that he didn't have to worry, Cheng Ningning couldn't help but laugh "poof" and said, "I don't mean anything, I just think he's a little scary." ”
Terrible? Song Yi nodded secretly, yes, he also thinks Mo Qingning is terrible.
"I feel...... He's scary, and even though he's always gentle, and the other brothers and sisters say he's nice to people, I just think he's ......."
"Why, did he do anything back then to make you feel this way?"
"No, no, not at all. Cheng Ningning waved his hand again and again: "Senior Brother Mo is very busy, I have seen him twice, and even if I was sent down the mountain by someone else, I didn't have a chance to thank him in person." It's just that...... In these two sides, I have a vague feeling that he is, is ......"
After thinking for a moment, Cheng Ningning patted his head: "He is a person who does great things!" He has that indescribable feeling, which is frightening, but not annoying, in the words of the book, it may be called ...... It's called awe, right?"
"Hmmm......"
"Ah, I probably shouldn't have said this, especially not in your face, you are his brother, and you say that he is good to others, and I have also received his favor, so I should not say it...... Senior Brother Mo is really very good, doing good deeds are not yet known, not long after I came back from the mountain, my mother saw a doctor and tossed the family's money almost over, when I was at a loss, one night in the middle of the night, I was sleeping in a daze, suddenly heard something knocking on the window, and when I got up, I saw that it was an eagle falcon. It had a cloth bag on its mouth, and when it saw me open the window, it put the cloth bag down and flew away. I opened it and saw that it was full of money, and when I counted it, it happened to be the tuition fee of the Yuequan Sect's loose cultivation! I immediately understood in my heart, no wonder this eagle falcon looked familiar, I saw it stop on Senior Brother Mo's shoulder that day on the mountain! I didn't finish the casual course, and it was an exception to go home, and as a result, Senior Brother Mo thought that my family might be in difficulty, and even refunded me the tuition fee......
"And there's this. Song Yi nodded secretly, this Mo Qingning is really a good person to the end.
"Yes, Senior Brother Mo is really good, I don't have the slightest disrespect for him, but I still have that feeling that he is terrible...... I have been holding these words in my heart for a few years, and I always want to ask the disciples of the Yuequan Sect to confirm it, is it that I am thinking too much? We are not far from the Yuequan Sect here, and the disciples are all cultivators, and traveling a hundred miles a day is nothing, so they don't rest in my shop, no one can ask, and it is so easy to meet you today, and suddenly I can't help it. Hey, don't tell him when you go back to the mountain, I'm not ungrateful, I just have a little feeling, so I mentioned it casually......"
Song Yi was really a little surprised now, I heard her talk about the affairs in the kitchen before, and it can be seen that she has been immersed in the environment of the restaurant all year round, and the sensitivity honed day and night, but this depends on people's accurate intuition, if it is matched with her in specific affairs......
This little girl is really talented.
"Cheng Ningning, bring another pot of wine!" shouted the guest at the west table.
"Hey, here we are. ”
Seeing that she got up to go over, Song Yi hurriedly stopped her: "You better find a chance to go to the Yuequan Sect to practice again, you have talent, it's a pity to waste it." ”
"Huh?" she was stunned, shook her head and smiled, "Why are you still saying this, I ...... I can't leave, and the cost of casual training is quite high, the family has been hollowed out for the first two years for my mother's medical treatment, taking care of the aftermath, and now my father's health is getting worse and worse, I estimate ......"
"Apprenticeship, formal entry, you don't have to pay the fee for casual cultivation. ”
"But...... Who will accept me?" Cheng Ningning's eyebrows were shrouded in a layer of confusion: "I don't know the masters, and I have passed the stage of recruiting new disciples, so it's too late to start at this time, right?"
That's right. Song Yi heard that all sects and factions pay attention to a cultivation lineage, and the age of the introductory disciples is about ten years old, so that they can not only understand the master's teachings, but also be able to start practicing. is too young to think, ignorant, and immature, unable to withstand beatings. It is too big but the bones are stiff, and it is inconvenient to enlighten, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl like Cheng Ningning has already laid a good foundation in the Yuequan Sect, and she has achieved something small with her own understanding. She only went to apprentice at this time, and there would be no master to accept it.
"By the way, little brother, does your master still accept apprentices? Or, do you ask your master to accept me, and I will be your junior sister?"